6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 12th September, 2024
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 80%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 87.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 73.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:06 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with scattered light to moderate showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:29 pm…Low at 6:20 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:36 pm…Low at 7:47 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions over the region will continue to cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the islands, during the next 24 hours.
An area of low pressure located a few hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands continues to drift slowly west-northwestward. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.
At 5:00 pm today, Tropical Depression Seven was located near latitude 18.3 north, longitude 35.9 west. The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. The depression could become a tropical storm later today or tonight and pose no threat to our region at this time.